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CLASS OF 1873, 



Princeton Theological Seminary, 



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PREPARED BY 

Rev, NORMAN wfc^RY, Class Secretary, 




PRINTED FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION. 



TO THE MEMBERS 

OF THE 

CLASS OF 1873, P. T. S. 



Dear Brethren, — A long-cherished plan finds its 
accomplishment in these pages. You will, I think, 
find it an agreeable effort to turn these leaves and 
recall the pleasant, though sad hours, we spent to- 
gether in the old halls of Princeton Seminary during 
our last week there. The festal gathering when, as 
a class, we supped together. That sad parting on the 
Campus when the circle united in heart and voice 
was broken, and its members scattered to the four 
quarters of the globe to proclaim the good news of 
salvation, never again to meet until that day when, 
summoned before God's throne, they shall render up 
the account of their stewardsbip. 

I have thought that it would be pleasant if the 



4 COMMENCEMENT WEEK, 

utterances of those sad, yet happy, hours, together 
with some record of the ojeasions on which they 
were delivered, could be preserved, to be a constant 
stimulus to us in our work, reminding us of the zeal 
with which we anticipated the joyful privilege of 
preaching the gospel of our Lord and Saviour Jesus 
Christ. 

- Hoping that this record may often refresh and en- 
courage you when laboring to win souls, this work 
is submitted by 

Your brother in Christ, 

NORMAN W. CARY. 



GLASS OF 1873. 



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mm% parting. 



At a meeting of the Class of 1873 of Princeton Theo- 
logical Seminary, held in the Oratory, at 10 a.m. on 
Friday, the 4th of April, 1873, Mr. J. Q. A. Fullerton 
being called to the chair, Mr. McClure stated the object 
of the meeting to be twofold : to make the necessary 
arrangements for the Commencement exercises as far 
as they related to the class, and also to effect a per- 
manent class organization. 

It was voted to elect a President, and an informal 
ballot was ordered, the three highest to be the nom- 
inees. 

A Secretary of the meeting was then elected, who, 
after a vote to elect a permanent class secretary, was 
retained in office. By vote the permanent Secretary 
was aLeo made a permanent class Treasurer. At this 



6 COMMENCEMENT WEEK, 

point the tellers reported Messrs. McClure, Cross, and 
Fullerton to be the nominees for president. 

While the ballot for President was being taken and 
counted, Mr. B. C. Henry was appointed leader of the 
Missionary Meeting to be held at the close of the 
term. 

It was voted that a Committee of three be appointed 
by the chair to arrange for the closing exercises of the 
class, and Messrs. Ward, Webster, and Williams were 
so appointed. 

Mr. Waller was then elected leader of the Class 
Prayer Meeting at the close of the term. 

The teller reported that there was no election for 
President, 14 votes being necessary to a choice, and 
Mr. McClure having received only 10, Mr. Cross 9, and 
Mr. Fullerton 7. 

It was then moved and carried that the person hav- 
ing the highest number of votes be declared elected, 
and Mr. J. G. K. McClure was unanimously elected 
Class President. 

The meeting then adjourned. 



CLASS OF 1873. 



Union Class Prayer Meeting. 

Wed., April 23rd., 6| p.m. 



According to ancient custom, the week-day prayer 
meetings held by each class were merged in one on 
this last Wednesday evening of the term, and the 
students assembled in the Oratory at the usual hour 
for prayer, William B. Waller, of the graduating class, 
presiding by their appointment. 

After singing " Come, thou fount of every blessing" 
(Hymnal 427), the leader requested Anderson to lead 
us to the throne of grace, and then read the following 
selections of scripture : — 

" Seemeth it but a small thing unto you that the 
God of Israel hath separated you from the congrega- 
tion of Israel, to bring you near to himself to do 
the service of the tabernacle of the Lord, and to stand 
before the congregation to minister unto them ?"— 
Num. 16: 9. 

"They shall be holy unto their God, and not pro- 
fane the name of their God : for the offerings of the 
Lord made by fire, and the bread of their God, they do 
offer : therefore they shall be holy." " Thou shalt 



8 COMMENGEMENT WEEK,. 

sanctify him therefore ; for he offereth the bread of 
thy God : he shall be holy unto thee : for I the Lord, 
which sanctify you, am holy." — Lev. 21 : 6, 8. 

" Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier 
of Jesus Christ. Xo man that warreth entangleth him- 
self with the affairs of this life ; that he may please 
him who hath chosen him to be' a soldier." — 2 Tim. 
2: 3,4. 

"As every man hath received the gift, even so min- 
ister the same one to another, as good stewards of the 
manifold grace of God. If any man speak, let him 
speak as the oracles of God ; if any man minister, let 
him do it as of the ability which God giveth ; that 
God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, 
to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. 
Amen."— 1 Pet. 4: 10, 11. 

"Then said Jesus unto them again. Verily, verily, I 
say unto you, I am the door of the sheep. All that 
ever came before me are thieves and robbers : but the 
sheep did not hear them. I am the door: by me if 
any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in 
and out, and find pasture. The thief cometh not, but 
for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy : I am come 
that they might have life, and that they might have it 
more abundantly. I am the good shepherd: the good 
shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. But lie that is 
an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the 



CLASS OF 1873. 9 

sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the 
sheep, and fleeth : and the wolf catcheth them, and 
scattereth the sheep. The hireling fleeth because he is 
an hireling, and careth not for the sheep. I am the 
good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known 
-of mine. As the Father knoweth me, even so know 
I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep."— 
John 10: 7-10. 

''Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and 
in the power of his might. Put on the whole armor 
of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles 
of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and 
blood, but against principalities, against powers, against 
the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spirit- 
ual wickelness in high places. Wherefore take unto 
you the whole armor of Clod, that ye may he able to 
withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. 
Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with 
truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness ; 
and your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel 
of peace ; above all, taking the shield of faith, where- 
with you shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of 
the wicked. And take the helmet of salvation, and 
the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. 
Praying always with all prayer and supplication in 
the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all persever- 
ance and supplication for all saints."— Eph. 6 : 10-19. 



10 COMMENCEMENT WEEK, 

In the earnest remarks which followed, he spoke of 
the training a candidate for knighthood received in the 
days of chivalry, and the imposing ceremony by which 
he was received into the order. "So we have been in 
a c< mrse of training, and, we trust, will soon be titled 
Knights of the Cross. This is an office of great honor 
and dignity, but also of great responsibilities. Fear not, 
however, for Jesus who has called you to his service 
has prepared the armor for you. Be ever mindful of 
your own weakness, and have perfect trust in Him. To 
be a Worthy wearer of the gospel armor you must be 
ever vigilant and persevering in your efforts after per- 
sonal sanctity." 

After singing two verses of the 290th hymn, — "Oh 
that the Lord would guide my ways," the meeting 
was thrown open, and Dixon led in prayer. At Wood's 
request the last two verses of hymn 214 — " Father, I 
know 7 that all my life is portioned out for me" — were 
sung, after which Waller called upon Bridges of '75 to 
pray. Hoes of '75 then suggested hymn 313, three 
verses — " Blest be the tie." 

Jos. F. Kelly of '74 reminded us that David refused 
Saul's armor as it was too large for him, and preferred 
trusting God. "So we will succeed only by discarding 
earthly armor and wearing the panoply of heaven." 

Ward urged us to take the whole armor of God, not 
only the offensive, but the defensive as well ; else we 



CLASS OF 1873. 11 

will be as many are who seem good fighters, and do 
good service, but fail of the reward because they can- 
not resist assault. The precious hymn, "Saviour; I 
look to Thee," was sung at the suggestion of one of 
the class, after which Planck spoke. He said there 
was often too much fighting. He was the only student 
from the Southern Presbyterian Church. That church 
and the Northern were now as far from union as ever. 
It was prevented by wrong fighting. He begged us 
when Ave reached the field of contest to light the good 
fight of faith, and not turn our weapons against uur 
brothers. 

In keeping with these words, the leader asked B. C. 
Henry to pray for christian unity, requesting two to 
follow him, which Kosborough and another of the 
class did. 

This full and interesting meeting closed with the 
singing of a few verses of "Jesus, I my cross have 
taken." 



Keligions Contribution Society. 

Thu., April 24th, 7+ p.m. 

The exercises were held in the Second Presbyterian 
Church, J. G. K. McClure, the President of the Society, 
presiding. The religious portion was as usual, the 
singing being led by our chorister, Ward. 



12 COMMENCEMENT WEEK, 

Rev. Moses D. Hoge, of Richmond, Va., according 
to invitation, delivered the address, taking for his 
theme, "The Changeable in the Pulpit compared with 
the Permanent in Creeds and Confessions." 

Rev. Dr. Thompson, of New York, dismissed the 
audience with prayer and the Benediction. 



Conference. 

Sat., April 26th, 7 



"Dr. Charles Hodge to preside" — so read the pro- 
gramme, and much we feared that Ids indisposition, 
increased by the exciting scenes of the week, might 
prevent his attendance. He came, however; leaving 
his sick' room that he might address to us his parting 
words. Weak in voice, he was mighty in spirit, and 
lie spoke with unction. His words, which follow, give 
you but a slight idea of the impressiveness of his 
speech. To them must be added his feeble and meas- 
ured intimation (for his cold really forbade his speak- 
ing) ; his moistening eye, and the deep pathos of Ids 
voice, when he spoke of Jesus or Ins loving presence ; 
his bright glances when he told tis of the power we 
should exert if we lived as seeing him who is invisible; 



CLASS OF 1873. 13 

these you must add if you wish fully to recall that 
evening. How he halted and turned the flow of his 
speech lest he should call his words the " last exhor- 
tation to most of the Senior Class he would [ever] 
have the opportunity of giving." How we respon- 
sively shed tears, when, in closing his remarks, he 
urged entire reliance upon Christ, and a realizing sense 
of his presence. But we tarry too long amid these 
delightful memories. 

The exercises of the evening were conducted by Mr. 
J. G. K. MeClure, at Dr. Hodge's request. After sing- 
ing hymn 674, 

" Jesus, my Saviour, let me be 
More perfectly conformed to thee," 
he read the first chapter of Ephesians, and requested 
Mr. Charles Wood to lead in prayer. The remarks 
which followed are given in full below, being copied 
from a phonographic report, and corrected by his own 
hands. 

The meeting was dismissed with the 365th hymn, 
" Jesus, lover of my soul," and the Benediction pro- 
nounced by Dr. Hodge. 

DR. HODGE'S ADDRESS. 

It is with peculiarly solemn feelings that we gather to- 
gether this evening. With regard to a considerable 
number of those present it is for the last time. This 



14 COMMENCEMENT WEEK, 

thought itself must make us feel very serious. The 
class that are about to leave the seminary are to take a 
step into a new world, into a new mode of life, into a 
course beset with dangers and difficulties which they 
now little anticipate. To them especially, and to all 
brethren here present, I would adopt the language of 
the Apostle, as containing the final exhortation— the 
last exhortation to most of the Senior Class that I shall 
have an opportunity of giving : "Be strong in the 
Lord!" 

The work that lies before you, my dear brethren, is a 
very hard work, much harder than you now anticipate. 
The real power of the ministry lies, under God, mainly 
in the holiness of the minister himself. This is the 
source of all real success. There may be, often is, suc- 
cess of a different kind gained by superiority of intel- 
lect, or those gifts which attract popular attention and 
favor, or by those means which some men are skilled 
in employing to secure the approbation of those among 
whom they live ; but all success gained by worldly, 
means, by merely natural gifts or appliances, is essen- 
tially a worldly success. It is not success in the minis- 
try. 

And now, dear brethren, as you no doubt recognise 
the truth of what has been said, you will feel that it is 
indeed a hard work to be holy — to be pre-eminently 
holy— so that men will look up to you as examples. 



CLASS OF 1873. 15 

You will find it very hard to live near to God. It is 
difficult to attain that nearness, and still more diffi- 
cult to maintain it ; but this is our great duty : to 
live near to God. This implies having God always 
in our thoughts ; his fear always before our eyes ; re- 
ferring everything to Him ; looking always unto Him 
for his guidance and approbation ; not asking, " What 
is easy? what is agreeable? what is popular?" but 
simply, "What is the will of God?' 7 To live with a 
mind, with the whole heart, full of adoring reverence 
for God; with love for God ; with trust in God ; with 
a zeal for God's glory. You know that this is a hard 
work ; and yet it is an absolutely necessary work, with- 
out which you will be cold, barren, powerless, worth- 
less, no matter what else you may be. 

It is also hard to live, as we are told we must live, by 
faith in Jesus Christ. Instead of trusting in ourselves, 
which is so natural, and in some aspects would seem to 
be so reasonable, we must have no trust but in Him ; 
we must have the confident conviction (we can hardly 
conceive how much is included in this) that Jesus of 
Nazareth is the Eternal God manifest in the flesh. To 
believe that, not with the casual, cold assent founded 
on the outward testimony of the Bible, but with that 
assent which arises from the testimony of the Spirit re- 
vealing to us the glory of God as it shines in the face 
of Jesus Christ, so that we believe Him to be God be- 



16 COMMENCEMENT W^K, 

cause we see Him to be God. Dear, dear brethren, if 
you can attain to that one thing, if you can have faith, 
that faith founded on the testimony of the Spirit, that 
faith in the Godhood as well as in the manhood of our 
divine Redeemer, you will bave a strength which can 
lie derived from no other souree. No intellectual gifts, 
no power of eloquence or persuasion, no stores of learn- 
ing, no adventitious circumstances will be anything 
compared with the power which you will experience 
from the belief that Jesus is the Son of God. And then, 
as the Apostle says, when he refers to the source of the 
life which he lived, he believed not only that Jesus was 
the Son of God, but that Jesus loved him ; not only 
that he loved mankind, loved the world, but that — ■ 
Jesus — Christ — loved — him. Now, think again of this. 
Connected with the faith that Jesus is the Eternal 
God manifest in our nature, to have the conviction 
that we individually and personally are the objects of 
the love of Christ— love, as the Apostle tells us, the 
length and breadth and height and depth of which 
passes all knowledge ; a love that is infinite, immut- 
able, and perfectly gratuitous, — 0, what strength, what 
power must that soul experience that has this convic- 
tion sealed upon his heart ! What can he need more, 
what can he care about anything else, who likes or dis- 
likes, who praises or applauds, or who blesses or who 
reviles? It is bard to attain this. 



CLASS OF 1873. 17 

This conviction of the love of God and the love of 
Christ, and that he gave himself for us, is, as I said, 
a very hard thing to attain. It is, however, like all 
other graces, presented in the Bible, a thing to be 
labored for, and yet a thing to be given. It is a gift, and 
yet it must be striven for. We must labor to attain it, 
and yet look to God for his Holy Spirit to give it. And 
here I say again, dear brethren, no matter what else 
you may be, what you may attain, what advantages 
you may have of other kinds, if you have not this be- 
lief in the divinity and humanity of Christ, and in his 
love to you, you will go tottering and feeble all your 
life long. 

I cannot dwell on all these sources of difficulty, how- 
ever, which every man will find within himself. You 
do not know, you cannot know, how hard it will be to 
resist pride, ambition, the desire of ease, the desire of 
distinction, the desire of wealth, the desire, especially, 
of popular success and applause. Do you think it will 
be easy to put your feet upon these evil affections, to 
tread out this fire of hell that is in every man's bosom? 
You know it will be hard ; you have had experience 
on this subject ; we have all had it, and we have had it 
all our lives long. 

Besides, it is very probable that Satan may assail 
you from another side, not simply or alone through 
these corruptions of our nature, but through the under- 



IS COMMENCEMENT WEEK, 

standing, exciting skeptical doubts in your minds, try- 
ing to undermine your faith ; and so assiduous are the 
advocates of error, so plausible, so varied in their as- 
saults on the truth of God, it will be a rare thing if you 
escape all these arrows — they are fiery arrows from the 
Evil One. All I have to say to you, in reference to this 
source of trouble, is, to make very little of your under- 
standing, very little of your power to refute the objec- 
tions that are brought from one source and another, sci- 
entific and critical, against the doctrines of the Bible. It 
is very well to refute such objections if you can, but my 
earnest advice to you, brethren, is, fall back upon your 
religious experience and the testimony of conscience 
and of your religious feelings. They are more far- 
sighted (if that expression be proper), more certain, 
more reliable, than any speculations of reason. Fall 
back upon your religious consciousness and upon the 
simple word of God. One of the most powerful dis- 
courses I ever heard was from a Methodist minister at 
Saratoga some years ago. The subject of it was faith 
in the infallibility of the Scriptures. The object of the 
preacher was to show the inestimable blessing and 
benefit of having a firm faith that the word of God is 
infallible ; that all it teaches God teaches ; that all it 
promises God promises. The man that places his feet 
upon this immovable rock stands firm and unshaken 
in the midst of all the turmoil arising from the specu- 



CLASS OF 1873. 19 

lations of men. Try to get this firm conviction in th« 
truth of God's word. It is not at all necessary in order 
to have this rational faith in the Bible that we should 
be able to answer all the objections against it. Go to 
an uneducated Christian, who has experienced the 
power of the truth, and tell him of what this philoso- 
pher and that scientific man says. It is nothing to 
him. You might as well attempt to convince him that 
there is no external world when he sees and feels it. A 
Christian does not trust to his understanding, but trusts 
to his religious experience and to the clear revelation 
God has made of himself in the world. You need not 
fear although Satan were to fill the atmosphere with 
these fiery darts emitted by his emissaries — philoso- 
phers and scientists* — thick as snowflakes in a storm. 

There is one other remark that it occurs to me to 
make in this connection, that God in his great mercy 
has given us the power of intuition— the gift of seeing 
intuitively certain things to be true. He has impressed, 
in other words, certain laws of belief upon us— such 
laws, for example, as confidence in the veracity of our 
own consciousness. Now a man cannot help believing 
his own consciousness. If he is conscious that he sees, 
he knows he sees ; and if he is conscious that he exists, 



* The venerable Doctor of course does not decry 
sound learning, but only scientists " falsely so-called." 



20 COMMENCEMENT WEEK, 

he knows that he exists ; and if conscious that he is an 
intelligent and voluntary agent, he knows that such is 
the fact. He sees intuitively the difference between 
right and wrong, knows intuitively that there is effi- 
ciency in the production of effects. Now, I think a 
man is absolutely helpless and hopeless who has passed 
the limits of the knowable and entered on the outer 
darkness of absolute skepticism. 

It is impossible to specify all the difficulties which 
you may have to encounter in your ministerial work. 
You will have to meet the opposition of the world ; the 
disposition of ungodly men to misrepresent and de- 
fame, especially as ministers of the gospel ; the obduracy 
of the men with whom you will have to deal; their 
insensibility. You will be sorely tempted to faint by the 
way, to feel that the work is too great for you, that you 
do, and have, and can accomplish nothing. Let this 
truth, then, rest upon your minds, that you are going 
to battle. You are not going to sit down at ease 
and enjoy yourselves. You are going out to fight, 
not into garrison. You are going into battle — a pitched 
battle, which will end only when you die. Fix that in 
your mind, that you have difficulties innumerable and 
insurmountable in your way — insurmountable in the 
strength within yourself; and therefore the exhorta- 
tion of the Apostle to be strong in the Lord. 

It occurs to me that I have not referred, in reference 



CLASS OF 1873. 21 

to these enemies, to that class of them of which alone 
Paul takes notice in connection with this exhortation. 
He does not care anything about men — men of science 
and philosophical men ; he overlooks them as enemies 
not to be regarded. He says our controversy is not 
with flesh and blood, not with men, but with princi- 
palities and powers and spiritual wickedness in high 
places. The Bible does not reveal much on this subject. 
It lifts the 'curtain that hides the spiritual world from 
us, but it only lets us see that there is such a world, 
and that we are surrounded and enveloped on all sides 
by spiritual beings unspeakably more numerous and 
greater than ourselves ; spirits that are called world- 
rulers ; against these you will have to contend. 

But, in the little I can add now, I want to dwell upon 
this thought: "Be strong in the Lord." What does 
this mean ? To be strong in the Lord implies that we 
are not strong in ourselves. It implies a real, sincere, 
continual self-renunciation — that is, the renunciation 
of all self-dependence for success ; self-reliance in this 
inward conflict with the evil of our own hearts ; self- 
reliance in our conflicts with the world of wickedness 
that lies around us ; self-reliance with regard to success 
in the work to which God has called us. 

The one thing which the Spirit of God would im- 
press on your mind is emptiness of self; the stripping 
off of everything that pertains to yourself, and putting 



22 COMMENCEMENT WEEK, 

on the armor of G-od. This is one preliminary of 

success. 

The affirmative idea included in this exhortation of 
course means that our confidence should be in Christ. 
" Be strong in the Lord" if you would be really strong. 
You must have such views of Christ, of the glory of 
his person, of the perfection of his work, of his love, 
and of the certainty of the fulfilment of his promises, 
as will make you strong — strong in Him, and strong 
also in the conviction that He is with you ; He is by 
your side. He has not sent you to conquer the world 
in your own strength. I suppose every one has tried 
(if I may use the expression) to convert a soul, to bring 
a sinner to repentance, conviction, faith. And the trial 
must in every case have given rise to a sense of utter, 
absolute impotency. You can no more accomplish the 
conversion of a single soul than you can create a World. 
The work to which Christ has called us is one in which 
he promises to be with us : " Go ye into all the world," 
and, " Lo I, I, am with you " — I am with you. that 
each of you could believe that — believe that wherever 
you are, and under whatever circumstances you may 
be placed, you can turn and see Jesus Christ by your 
side. This is the truth I want to present to you, dear 
brethren, that, if you can believe that Christ is with 
you so that you can gain his aid, speak to Him, mak- 
ing Him hear you, rely upon Him just as reasonably 



CLASS OF 1873. 23 

and as really as if you could see Him with your mortal 
eyes, then you will be strong in the Lord, and in the 
power of his might. Farewell, dear brethren. 



Sabbath Services, 

April 27th, 



The celebration of the Lord's Supper, which was ar- 
ranged for 11 a.m., was necessarily postponed until the 
afternoon, and the hour of the Missionary Meeting 
changed from 3.30 to 6.15 p.m. 

At the hour of morning worship we assembled in 
the Chapel. The services were conducted by Rev. 
William H. Green, and consisted of the reading of 
the 28th chapter of Matthew's Gospel, a discourse from 
Luke 24: 48, "And ye are witnesses of these things," 
and the following hymns : — 

257 " Come let us join our friends above ;" 

117 " How beauteous are their feet ;" 

547 " ' Go, preach my Gospel,' saith the Lord." 

The Discourse followed this line of thought : — The 

church founded by the Apostles, Jesus Christ himself 

being the chief corner stone, was a perpetual "witness 

of these things," in that (a) it extended back to the 



24 COMMENCEMENT WEEK, 

time when they oecurred ; (6) in that it maintained the 
faith through these many years ; and (c) in that it pre- 
served institutions commemorative of "these things," 
e. g. the Supper celebrating the death of Christ, the 
Sabbath his resurrection. 

How can Christians at the present day be "witnesses 
of these things ?" Not by mere belief in the testimony 
of others, hereditary faith; not by rational faith, 
founded on logic. Beth of these are important, but 
their value is in being preliminary, or auxiliary, to 
the higher form of faith. They may make a man a 
nominal, not a real, Christian, and as such he cannot 
be a witness. 

The faith of the believer has two characteristics 
which fit him to be a wutness. 1st. It is divine — the 
gift of God by the illumination of the Spirit. Seeing 
his own depravity, the holiness of God, the gospel way 
of salvation, can he hesitate to believe in Christ? Now 
what he has experienced he can testify to. 2nd. It is. 
an experimental faith. He realizes he is dead in sin, 
has learned to love and serve God, and now the fruits 
of the Spirit are growing up in his heart. Every exer- 
cise of this new principle of life is proof to him of the 
working of divine power within him ; and to this he 
can bear witness. 

The claims of Jesus are submitted to the judgment 
of every one who hears them, and here you are sum- 



CLASS OF 1873, 25 

moned to render open and manly testimony for Christ. 
And the testimony required and expected is not only 
from the lips but the language of your lives. This 
testimony is capable of being made clear and con vine- 
ing, it may be even as strong as that of the Apostles. 

Two things gave power to their testimony : 1st. The 
energy of their conviction of the truth of that to which 
they bore witness. They had seen Christ, had been 
with Him. Why should not we have a conviction 
equally profound ? 2nd. It was every where confirmed 
by signs and miracles as God's attestation. The same 
almighty energy attends the gospel message now, It 
is the power to sanctify the soul. 

Ye are witnesses of these things. You must give in 
your evidence. Christ and the world are waiting for it. 
Silence will be testimony against Him. Vascilating 
testimony will cast discredit upon his cause. 

THE COMMUNION 

At 3.30 p.m. we assembled around the Lord's table 
spread in the chapel. The class in a body filled the 
middle bank of pews. Dr. McGill, who had been in= 
vited to preside, was detained by illness, and Dr. Hodge, 
for a similar reason, occupied his accustomed seat, and 
took no part in the services. The younger professors 
were seated behind the table, Dr. Aiken to the left, and 
Dr. Moffat, Dr. Green, and Dr. Caspar W. Hodge in 



2G COMMENCEMENT WEEK, 

the order named. The elements were passed by "Waller 
and March of the graduating class. 

The celebration was opened by Dr. Caspar "W. Hodge. 
After the prayer of invocation, he read two selections 
from the scriptures — John 14: 15 to end, and 1 Cor. 
11: 23-27, the words of institution, and announced 
"My faith looks up to Thee," hymn 358. After re- 
marks by Dr. Moffat, Dr. Green offered the prayer of 
consecration and gave the bread ; Dr. Aiken gave the 
cup. The closing exercises were conducted by Dr. 
Aiken. After prayer we sang with new vigor " I love 
thy kingdom, Lord," with the doxology, " Ye angels 
round the throne," and were dismissed with that com- 
forting benediction which begins, " Now the God of 
peace." 

. One thought will render the memory of this occasion 
for ever sacred. It was the last time on earth when a 
united class we met with our professors around the 
table of our Lord Jesus Christ, whom we were so soon 
to preach, and in the knowledge of whose gospel they 
had instructed us. That company has not yet been 
broken by a home-call from the Master, but it has been 
scattered; and the holy devotion to one, whom, not 
having seen, we have loved, which inspired us then, 
now fires the hearts of noble men located from Rhode 
Island to Oregon, and China, and from Nova Scotia to 
Mississippi. Yet we are bound together by the closest 



CLASS OF 1873. 27 

of ties, love for our blessed Saviour, and in spite of 
our isolation we can say, 

" Though sundered far, by faith we meet 
Around one common mercy-seat." 
Great will be our rejoicing when from many a field we 
shall return with our sheaves of ripened grain, to lay 
them at the feet of the " Lord of the harvest," and 
join our voices in the song of Moses and the Lamb. 
Let our watchword be " Fidelity," " Be thou faithful 
unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life." 

MISSIONARY MEETING. 

At 6.15 p.sj. was held the last of the meetings of 
prayer and conference for Missions, and especially for 
those who had gone from Princeton to the Home and 
Foreign Mission field, As usual, this last meeting was 
mainly to hear the parting words of those of the 
Senior Class who were commissioned for such posts, 
and to pray for a blessing on their labors, 

The Oratory was filled, not a spare seat being avail- 
able ; and among the number were some students of 
the College. By appointment of the class B. C. Henry 
presided. Led by Plan ok we sang hymn 578, " O 
Lord our God arise," after which the leader requested 
Gemmill to pray. The scripture passages read were 
Isaiah 60 : 1-15 ; Matthew 28 : 18, 19, 20 ; and Romans 
10: 11-16, 



28 COMMENCEMENT WEEK, 

Ben C. Henry then spoke as follows :— * It is usual 
at this farewell missionary meeting for those of us who 
are going out as missionaries to tell something of our 
feelings in view of it. I suppose there is no one who 
resolves to thus consecrate himself without a struggle. 
The reason seems obvious : So : many ties bind us to 
our native land which we shrink from breaking ; there 
are so many attractions which, harmonizing with our 
natural inclinations, are hard to resist ; the influence of 
friends who desire our welfare dismays us ; the claims 
of the work at home come up and press for considera- 
tion; and not unfrequently unworthy motives, the 
promptings of pride and selfishness, — these with other 
circumstances combine to make it more or less of a 
struggle to decide at last. I have found it so. But 
when the decision comes, when the struggle is past, 
when the full consecration has been made, everything 
is changed, The magnitude of the work then ap- 
pears as never before, the great outcrying wants of the 
heathen world as never before, the pressing need of 
laborers and the urgent demand that all who can 
should go so impresses us that we wonder how we 
could have hesitated for a moment. 
My feelings as I look forward are anything but sad 

* This speech, phonographically reported, is given in 
full ; the others are slightly condensed. 



CLASS OF 1S73.. 29 

and gloomy. That which T give up is not worthy to 
be compared with that which I shall gain there in this 
life, as I view it. The work has two aspects : one pre- 
sents the bright side, the other the dark ; and the 
brightness of the one is far .more than the gloom of 
the other. There appear nations in darkness crying 
for the light of truth, and I feel like hastening forward 
to plant the cross of Christ in their midst, that it may 
diffuse its beams in the gloomiest shades of heathen 
degradation. And though the position qf missionaries 
may be attended with more danger than that of other 
ministers of Christ, yet there must be peculiar honor 
with it. They stand in the very front rank in the con- 
test with the powers of darkness. The conflict they 
wage is not merely defensive, protecting that already 
the Master's from the encroachments of the enemy, 
but it is aggressive, assaulting the very strongholds of 
Satan and gaining new dominion and glory for our 
Master's empire. 

And then there must be a peculiar charm in telling 
the story of the cross to those who have never heard 
it before. It is not to them the old, old story ; all its 
truths are new. And certainty it must be a glorious 
privilege to breathe the story of Jesus and his love 
into ears which have never before been regaled with 
such words. No striving for originality in the presen- 
tation of it, no anxious search after new and striking 



SO COMMENCEMENT WEEK, 

features ; but the simple narrative of his life on earth, 
his sufferings and his death, comes to them with all 
the freshness of novelty, 

• And it has been the thought that has often come to 
my mind in connection with the missionary work, 
that I may be the means, under God's hands, of reach- 
ing some souls there that would never have been 
reached had I not gone to them, while if I remained 
here in this country, however much I might acconi' 
plish, others ^could and would do the same, as well, 
and perhaps better, than I ever could do ; that the 
little light which I might be able to diffuse would be 
scarcely noticed amid the brighter radiance which 
shines everywhere around us ; but in the black, dense, 
thick darkness of heathenism its rays might be seen 
farther and shine brighter, and perhaps guide some 
wandering souls to Him who is the light and the life, 
who otherwise would have gone on in blackness of 
darkness for ever. 

I feel that I am unworthy of this work, that I am 
not fit to engage in it ; but I feel that God has called 
me to it, and that as it is God's work He will strengthen 
me and uphold me in it ; and while there are so many 
millions in that country to which I am going who 
have never heard the word of life certainly there is 
something for me to do : I can at least point them to 
the Lamb of God who taketh away the sins of the world. 



CLASS OF 1873. 31 

1 know there will be difficulties and trials such as no 
conception can be formed of now; but God's promises 
are precious, and they are Yea and Amen. He who 
has bid us " Go . > . into all the world and preach the 
gospel to every creature," added those sweet, blessed 
words, "Lo, I am with you alway even unto the end 
of the world." And as He sent out the seventy dis- 
ciples, two and two, into every city and place whither 
He himself would come, so now He sends his messen- 
gers only to those places where He will go with them, 
and if they go to the uttermost parts of the earth at 
his command they may be sure that the Lord is with 
them. 

We who go to the foreign field may perhaps be spared 
many of the trials and difficulties that beset those who 
remain at home, yet we will also have many that are 
peculiar to ourselves ; and though we are cheerful, 
almost joyful, in the anticipation of the work, we 
know that many dark days will come, many trials and 
disappointments, sharp and bitter, many times des- 
pondency, leading us almost to despair, and at such, 
times, dear brethren, we would be assured of your 
sympathy, of your prayers, and of your assistance. 
We who go there will doubtless feel the need of sym-r 
pathy from those who have been associated with us 
more than those who remain at home. You will be 
surrounded by your congregations of Christians and 



32 COMMENCEMENT WEEK, 

your christian communities ; you will have the respect 
and esteem of admiring friends and their active co- 
operation. Whilst under such circumstances remem- 
ber us who have gone into heathen lands, surrounded 
by idolaters, or the followers of the False Prophet, 
with only two or three, or perhaps no Christian at all, 
to cheer us. And though, when thus cut off from 
human association, from human aid and sympathy, 
we may be driven to rely more entirely upon God, 
and have our faith in Him strengthened, yet our hearts 
will crave your sympathy ; and this is what I would 
ask of you for myself and for those who will go out 
as I do, that you grant us your sympathy. You re- 
member us now ; our faces and forms are vivid in your 
memories ; and in these parting hours our hearts warm 
and glow with sympathetic love for each other ; but 
when you go to your congregations, when you are en- 
gaged in the active work of the ministry, and new 
duties and cares press upon you, we would ask that 
you forget us not entirely then, but remember us not 
only in your sympathies and prayers, but by interest- 
ing your congregations in the work in which we are 
engaged, We will be dependent on you for support 
and for the means to carry forward our work, so that 
it will be your work as well as our work ; and as the 
sheaves are gathered from the great harvest-field of the 
world, your reward, as well as ours, will be storing up, 



■CLASS OF 1873. S3 

and stars will be collecting for your crowns of rejoic- 
ing. Then, dear brethren, let this bond of sympathy 
and of co-operation, this Christ-bond of brotherly love, 
extend across the wide expanse that may separate us, 
and bind us together as brothers in one great family, 
and as co-laborers in the vineyard of the Lord, so that 
we may every one have a part in the glory that shall 
come when the kingdoms of this world shall have be- 
come the kingdoms of our Lord and of his Christ." 

Our burdened hearts found relief in singing hymn 
753:— 

" Though now the nations sit beneath 
The darkness of o'erspreading death ;" 
And then we listened to the parting words of Frederick 
W. March. He said : — 

"I feel like repeating word for word what the leader 
has said as the expression of my own experience. 
This question has been on my mind during the whole 
of the present year. It has seemed extremely difficult 
to decide. In the early part of the year I made all 
possible inquiries respecting the work, in order, as we 
heard last year,* to give Foreign Missions a fair chance ; 
but in view of the attractions of the work and its 



* From the lips of Gerald F. Dale, Jr., of the class of 
1872, now missionary in Syria, the country to which 
Bro. March was going. 



34 COMMENCEMENT WEEK, 

needy condition on the one hand, and the many dif- 
ficulties and objections on the other, I decided that it 
was not my duty to go. Yet I was not perfectly satis- 
fied to make this a final decision. Toward the close of 
the year I was obliged to settle the matter once for all, 
and in a few days and weeks decide the work of my 
whole after life, and I believe that if I ever made a 
sincere prayer it was then when I said, ' Lord, what 
wilt thou have me to do?' And the result was, 
that I decided to go, and from that time onward the 
question has appeared less and less difficult, and I 
have become more and more firmly convinced in my 
own mind. Some have such a burning zeal that all 
obstacles are easily overcome ; others find it impos- 
sible to go : both find no difficulty in answering the 
question. But with very many, probably the greater 
number, it is an open question. I feel sure, however, 
since making the decision, that I have made a right 
one; and I have learned this, that the question of duty 
always appears difficult to one who is determined to 
have his own w T ay ; while, w T hen we have decided to 
yield ourselves into the hands of God to go w r here the 
Holy Spirit would have us go, then the question of 
duty becomes clearer and its answer easy. - — 

I feel very grateful for the many warm friendships I 
have been permitted to make, and it touches my heart 
when I hear you pray for those who are laboring in- 



CLASS OF 1873. 35 

foreign lands ; and now, if these friendships have any 
strength whatever, I hope they will serve to make 
your prayers for foreign missionaries in the future 
something more than general cold petitions. I hope 
that you will remember those who have gone out from 

- your own number, who have sat by your side listen- 
ing to the same instructions, and who, in other lands, 
will be proclaiming these same great gospel truths 
which we have all learned together." 

Albert Whiting then rose and said : — " Brothers — 
To-night my mind involuntarily goes back to the only 
similar meeting I ever attended here. It was three 
years ago. Every class has since graduated, and I can 
recall quite a number then present who are now hold- 
ing up the standard of the cross in Japan, in China, in 
India, in Africa, and in the islands of the South Pacific. 
And I recall two at least out of five then present 
who have laid down their armor and gone home to 
God. Others are scattered throughout this land, and, I 
might add, this continent. The question arises in my 
mind, Where will we all be a few years hence, when 
another generation of classes have left these halls? 
We will be widely scattered ; and will we ever meet 
again this side of the river ? These faces that meet me 

;here I can never expect to meet until we are all 

gathered home, but I believe that he makes the 

greatest sacrifice who fails to do his whole duty." 



36 COMMENCEMENT WEEK, 

Referring his early missionary impressions to his 
mother's comments on the persecution of Christians 
in Madagascar, and to the books brought from the 
Sabbath school libraries, he said, in regard to the Life 
of Henry Marty n, a book his grandmother had prized, 
41 About a year ago I read it, and I was particularly in- 
terested in the account of the close of his life, where 
he tells of his peace and repose in God. He died a 
stranger in a strange land alone. In all his missionary 
life he was not permitted to see a single soul converted, 
and the world would say his life-work had been* in 
vain ; but his translations of the New Testament into 
Hindoostanee, and subsequently into Persian, have 
been the means of bringing many souls to Christ. 
There is one passage in the Bible that has always im- 
pressed me deeply. It is where St. Paul writes, ■ I 
have fought a good fight, &c.' I believe he could look 
back from his prison walls and see the perils through 
which he had come, and that the conviction that he 
had done his whole duty, and that therefore he was 
ready to be offered, enabled him to cry with joy, ' The 
time of my departure is at hand.' 

But, brothers, time forbids that I should speak much 
to you on this subject. I wish only to urge one thing 
upon you. There is a great missionary work for you 
who remain at home to do, and it seems to me that it 
should begin in the Sabbath school. I have been 



CLASS OF 1873. 37 

greatly pained to see in the one I used to attend so 
many books of almost worthless value taking the 
place of those I used to read when I was a boy. "We 
then had many,jvorks of sterling value — lives of emin- 
ent christian men— but now they have been supplanted 
by others. I believe that in all our Sabbath school 
libraries the greatest efforts should be made to secure 
books that will instill a true missionary spirit into the 
minds of the children. 

I hope during the coming summer to bid farewell to 
my native land, to all the scenes of my boyhood days, 
and go to Northern China. A few weeks ago Mr. 
Mcllvaine, whom I hope to join in the Shantung pro- 
vince, was telling me of the millions of people who 
had never heard the name of Jesus ; and then, as never 
before, I rejoiced that I was under appointment'. I 
have carefully and prayerfully considered this matter. 
I do not believe that I have been at all moved by the 
idea of the romance of missions. I have thought that 
perhaps my grave would be far from where my father 
and mother sleep ; that I might never again revisit those 
I love best upon earth ; but if it is so, I shall rest there 
with the satisfaction that I have tried to do my duty. 
That was a noble sentiment expressed by Mary Lyon, 
the founder of Mt. Holyoke, and I commend it to 
you : — ' There is nothing in the universe that I fear 
but that I shall not know, or that I shall fail to do, my 



.38 COMMENCEMENT WEEK, 

whole duty.' I ask your prayers. You will be sur- 
rounded by sympathizing congregations, and they will 
bear you up. It will not be so with us. We will be 
subject to peculiar temptations and trials ; we need 
your prayers, we need your practical sympathy. Oh, 
brothers, pray for us !" 

Fervent prayers were then offered by Cassat and 
Webster, and we dispersed after singing hymn 709 : — 
"Come, Christian brethren, ere we part, 

Join every voice and every heart ; 

One solemn hymn to God we raise, 

One final song of grateful praise. 

Christians, we here may meet no more, 
But there is yet a happier shore ; 
And there released from toil and pain, 
Dear brethren, we shall meet again." 

CONCIO AD CLERUM. 

The Annual Sermon before the professors and stud- 
ents of the Seminary was delivered by Rev. E. R. 
Craven in the First Church. Dr. Aiken and Rev. 
James Macdonald, the pastor of the church, assisting 
in the services, which commenced at 7.30 p.m. The 
subject of the written discourse was Rom. 1 : 14, " I 
am debtor both to the Greeks and to the Barbarians ; 
both to the wise, and to the unwise." In it the 
preacher showed that Paul and all Christians were 



CLASS OF 187B. m 

debtors solely to Christ, and asked the question, How 
then could Paul say he was debtor to others? Thia 
he answered by saying that it was because of their 
representative character [Matt. 25, the lesson of the 
evening], and the debt of gratitude and labor which 
Paul owed to Christ was due to them because they 
were to be to his glory, they were of such as were of 
the travail of his soul in whom he was to be satis- 
fied. 



Class Keunion and Supper, 

Mon., Apeil 28th, 8 p.m. 



This delightful gathering in the Refectory, on the eve 
of commencement day, was attended by 34 members 
of the class, and one [Thomas] who was formerly with 
us. Five were necessarily absent, being out of town — 
Backus, McClelland, J. H. Mcllvaine, Millard, and 
Temple. Four were in town, but otherwise occupied— 
Asay, Fullerton, J. W. Mcllvain., and Miller. The 
evening was passed in social converse among mutual 
friends who had gathered in groups around the table, 
until the removal of the cloth, when singing and re- 
ponses from each member of the class filled up the 
hours to midnight. After each member had spoken, 



40 COMMENCEMENT WEEK, 

the president, J. G. K. McClure, called upon Jones, the 
last monitor of the class, to say farewell, which he did 
with great acceptance. Rising we sang two verses of 
the beautiful melody, " Shall we gather at the river?" 
and our hearts were thrilled with expectation as w« 
afterward repeated in subdued chorus the refrain, 
" Yes, we'll gather at the river, 
That flows by the throne of God." 
Thus we were prepared for the parting prayer, in which 
the President requested Planck to lead, and by which 
we were brought close up to the throne of grace ; and 
so we separated. A glorious reunion and parting, to 
be cherished in memory till we meet again before the 
great white throne. 



Commencement Exercises. 

Tues., April 29th. 



Shortly after 1 p.m. the class assembled in the chapel. 
After a hymn had been sung, and prayer offered by 
Dr. Paxton, Rev. John C. Backus addressed those 
about to graduate somewhat as follows : — 
• "It is with profound interest we welcome you. 
These occasions are fraught with deepest sympathy on 
the part of those who know what reception you will 



CLASS OF 1873, ' 41 

meet with in the world. It is not my purpose to oc- 
cupy your attention with subjects you have pursued 
in your course. These diplomas are the evidence that 
you have enjoyed, and we trust improved, the advan- 
tages of this school of the prophets. But coming here, 
from service in the field, where we have been seeking 
to carry into practical operation the instructions we 
received, it may be proper to direct your attention to 
some of those aspects of your profession in its prac- 
tical light which seem to us to be especially called for 
in the rising ministry. 

It is generally recognized by Presbyterians that in 
the work to which you are called you are to give your- 
selves chiefly to prayer and the ministry of the word, 
As soon as you enter the field you will find that you 
Gan reach the largest numbers under the most favor- 
able circumstances in this way. Then, too, in this age 
when knowledge is so generally diffused, and there is 
Such an interest to hear some new thing, you cannot 
keep abreast of the progress of society without dili- 
gent application to this work. Men will not yield sub- 
mission to what you say on account of your authority, 
rank, or pretension to learning. They mast be con- 
vinced, and their hearts must be impressed' as well as 
their intellects. You will find that the pulpit needs 
your activities. Here is to be the secret of your, 
strength in a great measure, 



42 COMMENCEMENT WEEK, 

But, to be successful, you must also 'develope the 
activities of your flock, practising as well as instructing 
them. You are their leader, and must secure their co- 
operation. Imagine a steamer conducted by one per- 
son who casts off the lines from the deck, runs to the 
engine room and starts the wheels, and back again on 
deck to the wheel-house. The pastor is called and 
trained for the work, but he must not be the sole 
working power of the church. He is to organize and 
stimulate God's people, that their various gifts may be 
brought into requisition. Their spiritual character de- 
pends on this. He is not to convert men, but to edify 
them, to build them up in their most holy faith. The 
need for laborers is so pressing and so vast that the 
ministry alone cannot evangelize the world. Your 
best labors then must be given to the particular con- 
gregation over which you are placed, and through 
them you will reach others. 

Still you have a duty to the church at large. You 
should avoid the growing tendency to neglect the 
church courts, and the missionary work of the whole 
body. The great want of the ministry — and, may I 
say, of the rising ministry — is moke public spieit, that 
spirit which comes from an entire consecration to 
Christ, which judges with the Apostle that ' if one 
died for all, then were all dead ; and that he died for. 
all, that they which live should not henceforth live 



CLASS OF 1871 43 

tin to themselves, but unto him which died for them, 
and rose again.' 

When I was in your situation I turned to an aged 
professor and asked him, out of pure curiosity, how 
far they were mistaken in regard to the students that 
went forth from the Seminary. And he stated to me 
this fact : ' It is my observation in regard' to the stud^ 
ents that have gone from this Seminary as long as I 
have known it, that they have been in the church 
relatively just what they were here.' How solemn 
then the time you have come to, and for all your 
fellow students. Look to your closets and see what 
they have been - r to your studies, to your classrooms, 
to your demeanor in the social intercourse of life, and 
what has the past been to you ? The thing that hath 
been is the thing ' that shall be, if you go on as you 
have been living. But if you improve these occasions 
to prayer, God will give repentance and belief which 
will blot out all the past, and grace which will enable 
you, turning over a new leaf, to make every such 
occasion the means of a great revival and consecra- 
tion. May God baptize you with his Holy Spirit. 
May He give you grace to be faithful, and at last give 
you that crown of righteousness which is laid up for 
you." 

At the close of the address the names of the gradu* 
ates were called by Rev. Wm. E. Schenck, the secre- 



■44 COMMENCEMENT ' WEEK, 

•tary of the Board of Directors. The class rose indi- 
vidually as their names were called, walked to the 
table, received their diplomas at the hands of Rev. 
¥m. D. Snodgrass, and took position in the semi- 
circular line which formed before the pulpit. When 
all the papers had been presented, Dr. Snodgrass; 
president of the Board of Directors, addressed us on 
their behalf, and dismissed us with prayer and the 
Benediction. 

Assembling again on the North Campus, we formed 
a class-circle, soon to be broken, in the midst of pro- 
fessors, students, and friends. Tossing our hats and 
parchments into the midst, we joined in singing the 
parting hymn, under the leadership of Ward. With a 
slight change adapting it to the occasion, it was. as 
follows :— 

Am — "Auld Lang Syne." 

Hail sweetest, dearest tie that binds 

Our glowing hearts in one ! 

Hail, sacred hope that tunes our minds 

To harmony divine ! 

It is the hope, the blessed hope, 

Which Jesus' grace has given ; 

The hope when days and years are past 

We all shall meet in heaven. 



CLASS OF 1873, 45 

Chorus— We all shall meet in heaven at last, 
We all shall meet in heaven,; 
The hope when days and years are past 
We all shall meet in heaven. 

From China's shores, from Afric's strand, 

From Syria's sacred plain, 

Tho' sundered far by sea and land, 

We hope to meet again ! 

It is the hope, the blissful hope, 

Which Jesus' grace has given, 

The hope when days and years are past 

We all shall meet in heaven. 

No lingering hope, no parting sigh, 

Our future meeting knows ; 

There friendship beams from every eye, 

And hope immortal glows ! 

Hail, sacred hope ! Hail, blissful hope ! 

Which Jesus' grace has given, 

The hope when days and years are past 

We all shall meet in heaven. 

As the melody died away our beloved Senior Pro- 
fessor, Dr. Charles Hodge, entered the circle, and, with 
much emotion, commended us in prayer to the guid- 
ance and protection of Almighty God. 

Then, saddest of all, came our last farewells to one 
another, when, following our venerable preceptor, we 



46 COMMENCEMENT WEEK, 

clasped in succession each the other's hand, and eyes 
met eyes they ne'er shall see again until they cease to 
"look through a glass darkly" and "then see face to 
face." 

Forming again, we sang, as best we could amid our 
tears, a parting doxology, "Praise God from whom all 
blessings flow," and never did harmony seem richer 
or heart-worship deeper than when we thus stood 
under heaven's canopy amid the trees of that lawn 
Where many classes before us had stood, and — . parted. 

In the absence of Dr. Hodge, we were dismissed with 
the Apostolic Benediction invoked by Dr. Aiken ; and 
the circle parted. 



CONCLUSION. 
And now, dear classmates, my work of love is finished. 
If its perusal shall inspire you to more unyielding 
struggle with the hosts of darkness, if it shall rekindle 
drooping courage and animate fainting hearts, if in 
the burden and heat of the day these words, lightly 
esteemed perchance when uttered, shall now seem like 
apples of gold in pictures of silver, then the hours 
spent in its preparation will not be regretted, but will 
be laid a willing tribute at the feet of Him whom we re- 
joice to serve. The wish of Tiny Tim is my heart's 
best service to you all, 

"GOD BLESS US: EVERY ONE!" - • 



CLASS OF 1378, 



47 



LIST OF GRADUATES. 



Gharles T. Anderson, 
Charles H. Asay, 
Norman W. Cary, 
David W. Cassat, 
John M. Cross, 
D. Merchant Davenport, 
James M. Denton, 
John Dixon, 
J. Quincy A. Fullerton, 
William Gemmill, 
Andrew Glendenning, 
Edward P. Hawes, 
William J. Henderson, 
Ben C. Henry, 
George E. Jones, 
Frederick W. March, 
James G. K. McClure, 
John McColl, 



J. William Mcllvain, 
Thomas B. McLeod, 
Y\ r m. Hamilton Miller, 
Thomas Parry, 
John E. Peters, 
D. A. Planck, 
John Reid, 

Wm. Henry Rhoberts, 
James Rosborough, 
William A. Smick, 
Horace C. Stanton, 
W. Scott Stites, 
William B. Waller, 
George K. Ward, 
Richard B. Webster, 
Albert Whiting, 
Robert G. Williams, 
Charles Wood. 



The following were connected with the class during 
a portion of the course, but did not graduate with 
them : — 



Clarence W. Backus, 
Isaac Baird, 
E. P. Butler, 



Lewis E. Con diet, 
William L. Findlay, 
William S. Frackleton, 



43 



NON-GRADUATES. 



William R. Henderson, 
Samuel M. Jackson, 
George T. McClelland, 
Edward McKee, 
Leander G. McNeill, 
J. Hall Mcllvaine, 
D. K. Millard, 
Oliver C. Morse. 
John F. Patterson, 
Theodoric B. Pry or (dec'd), 
James H 



Archibald A. Schenck, 
James W. Stewart, 
Thomas D. Suplee, 
Asher B. Temple, 
William D. Thomas, 
H. P. Ustic, 
— Urquhart, 
Edward Vincent, 
James N. West, 
J. B. Woodward, 
Wright. 




Feed the flock of God ; . . . 

and when the Chief Shepherd 

t shall appear, ye shall receive 

a crown of glory that fadeth 

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